We are very used to dogs staying at the Welsh Marches Cottages with their humans but we’ve never had a cat stay before…well not in the cottages in their current form.
Thirty years ago, when we first moved into Upper Glyn Farm these buildings were a thriving kennels and cattery business which we ran for a few years before converting the properties into offices. Four years ago they underwent a complete renovation and resizing which turned them into the four and five star holiday cottages they are today.
Nick and Maria Morgan stayed in the Skirrid while she attended a corporate team building event at Chepstow Castle and he took advantage of our high-speed broadband to carry on working from our holiday cottage.
Accompanying them on their mini break was their house cat Sisi, a tabby which they found abandoned as a stray where they live in Hatfield, London.
Sisi is now a contented house cat and settled into the Skirrid with ease. Not surprising really when you consider the Skirrd had been a cattery in its previous life housing up to 20 cats at a time.
Purrfect for a holiday stay with the humans working by day and relaxing in the evenings.
Nick told us in his review that the Skirrid “felt like home.”
“The location was beautiful, overlooking a luscious field with several horses. It was quiet and well-maintained. I had the opportunity to speak to one of the owners, and we had a nice chat during which he told me about the property’s history. The place came with a guest recommendation book, which was extremely useful.
I wish I booked a longer visit, that is the only negative but that’s my fault!”
![IMG_1174 Skirrid holiday cottage under construction](http://www.welshmarches.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1174.jpg)
SIsi, the cat made herself at home in the former cattery which is now the Skirrid cottage at Welsh Marches.
![IMG_1163 Skirrid holiday cottage under construction](http://www.welshmarches.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1163.jpg)
Just like home: Quiet and peaceful, just how Sisi likes it.